Historical trend
Trend summary
Ambulance response times was 7.9 minutes in 2026-08, down from 8.0 minutes in 2026-07.
Trend
- Over the available record (2017-08–2026-08), it has ranged from 6.5 minutes in 2020-05 to 11 minutes in 2022-12.
- The latest reading is below the record average of 8.0 minutes.
Context
- NHS England restructured ambulance call categories in 2017; Category 1 replaced the former 8-minute Red 1/Red 2 targets.
- Response times are measured from call-connect to first resource arrival.
Generated from the published series — describes direction, magnitude and range only, with no editorial judgement or forecasts.
About this indicator
- Source
- NHS England
- Update frequency
- Monthly
- Last updated
- 14 September 2026
- Next update
- 14 October 2026
- Licence
- OGL v3
- Direction
- ↓ Falling
Statistics
- Latest
- 7.9minutes
- Period high
- 8.1minutes
- Period low
- 7.7minutes
- Period average
- 7.9minutes